ABUJA — The Supreme Court on Friday has nullified Executive Order 10 initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant autonomy to the state judiciary and legislature. The apex court held that the Executive Order was inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution and therefore null and void and of no effect whatsoever. The six justices also refused to grant an order by the state governors to compel the Federal Government to pay them N66 billion so far...

As the Zamfara State House of Assembly bent on removing the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau from office, 18 out of 24 members has voted in support of the impeachment. The vote for the impeachment followed a motion moved by the state Deputy Speaker and Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Musa Bawa Musa Yankuzo, and was seconded by Yusuf Alhassan Kanoma, from Maru North. The Speaker of the House, Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya, after...